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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

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Comparisons are available across states, gender, race/ethnicity and age as well as by year dating back to 2007.

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Charitable Giving to U.S. Higher Education Institutions Rises 3% Despite Economic Challenges

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Since 2007, foundations have contributed the largest share, with 42.5 The survey highlights a significant shift in giving patterns over the past three decades. Thirty years ago, alumni provided 27.6 percent of all giving to colleges and universities.

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University of Phoenix Tribal Operations Team Offers Targeted Support for Indigenous and Tribal Students

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Led by Patrick Horning, the university’s National Tribal Strategic Alliance Executive, the team plays a critical role in supporting Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students.

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CARLTON SPELLMAN

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Marine Corps from 1984 until 2007. Spellman served as vice chancellor for business and finance at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. The Saint Leo University graduate served in the U.S.

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Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield, Wabash College

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Additionally, she is the author of Being Black, Teaching Black: Politics and Pedagogy in Religious Studies (Abingdon, 2008), Black Church Studies: An Introduction (Abingdon, 2007) and Dear Sisters: A Womanist Practice of Hospitality (Pilgrim Press, 2001).

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Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

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Describing her as “a national treasure,” the National Science Board selected Jackson as its 2007 recipient of the prestigious Vannevar Bush Award for “a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education, and senior statesman-like contributions to public policy.”

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Kenyon College President Dr. Sean Decatur to Depart for American Museum of Natural History

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Decatur has been on the pages of Diverse across the years, and was recognized by the publication in 2007 as an Emerging Scholar. . And Decatur will be available through March 2023 to support the transition.